
The warmest, fluffiest bundle of fur on Earth has finally been found.
Here at RocketNews24, we’re huge fans animals being cute and funny, especially when those animals are a bit uncommon, like tortoises and crows.
And perhaps the king of uncommon animals acting cute around the house is the tanuki. But thankfully Japanese Twitter user @chibi_tori seems determined to change that by showing off their adorable pet tanuki to the world.
Here’s the tweet that recently caught the attention of the internet: a tanuki warming itself by the cooking stove.
焼き狸始めました。鼻先、耳、胸元を特に芳ばしく焼きあげております。 pic.twitter.com/hF2r18J67s
— ことり (@chibi_tori) January 13, 2016
▼ “Oh what’s this? It smells… warm.”
▼ “I’m not gonna get in trouble for this, am I?”
▼ “I mean, it is really nice and warm….”
▼ “OHHH YESSS! This feels good!”
▼ And the tanuki falls asleep next to its new best friend.
And just to put away any fears of this tanuki having been kidnapped from the wild, we should mention that the owner rescued the tanuki after it was abandoned as a baby last June and has raised it ever since.
Having lived as a pet for so long, it’s practically more human than tanuki at this point, as these tweets show: (Click pics to enlarge.)
▼ Wow, my own dinners don’t even look half that good.
And I don’t even use a placemat….
今日のタヌ飯!(4枚目に南瓜まみれのタヌキ口写っています。苦手な方は飛ばしてください)南瓜のいとこ煮と小豆ご飯入り。小豆は昨日煮たので、タヌキは昨日から小豆づくし。それでも大喜びでマテ中お腹が人間並みに鳴っている音が聞こえました。 pic.twitter.com/aquYDffmXw
— ことり (@chibi_tori) January 17, 2016
▼ The tanuki investigates the stove more, enticed by the smell of cooking fish…
背中に藁笠背負わせたくなるよな姿でタヌキが狙っているのは、ストーブに乗っているフライパンの中の魚。昨日パッドをストーブに付けて熱がっていたので、挙動を試してみました。熱くない所に手を置き試行錯誤していましたが結局不貞寝してしてました pic.twitter.com/YsJk6kdhCq
— ことり (@chibi_tori) January 22, 2016
▼ And enjoys a nice nap and some toys after a busy day of playing in the snow!
一昨日から大掃除と思いつつ今日まで引きずりました。主にタヌキ部屋の拭き掃除。ついでに穴だらけのタヌ玩具をハーブ類と鈴3個一緒に3枚重ねの不要靴下に突っ込んでみました。ボトルカバーもお気に入りでしたが遂に穴を開けて中身を取り出しました pic.twitter.com/EbgtlSajus
— ことり (@chibi_tori) December 30, 2015
If you’ve fallen in love with @chibi_tori’s pet tanuki, then be sure to give them a follow on Twitter. Just a fair warning though, following them may induce uncontrollable squeals of delight and sudden urges to squeeze fluffy things.
Source: Twitter/@chibi_tori via Hamusoku (1, 2)
Images: Twitter/@chibi_tori
















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